Maharashtra District and State Gazetteers, India
http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/
31 Mar 2009
Maharashtra District and State Gazetteers
Gazetteers Department, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai, India.
Self-description:
"[This set of online Gazetteers] not only includes a comprehensive description of the physical and natural features of a region but also a broad narrative of the social, political, economic and cultural life of the people living in a district. The topics on physical features, material resources, history, customs and manners of the people, trade, agriculture, industries, communication [incl. information on historical roads and trade routes of the region - ed.], administrative departments, voluntary social organisations and places of interest in a district are covered. [...] Compilation and publication of the revised District Gazetteers edition was started in 1949."
Site contents [free access, online documents in PDF and html formats]:
* District Gazetteers (1 Aurangabad 1977; 2 Poona 1954; 3 Jalgaon 1962; 4 Ratnagiri 1962; 5 Satara 1963; 6 Kolaba 1964; 7 Nagpur 1966; 8 Parbhani 1967; 9 Amravati 1968; 10 Beed 1969; 11 Sangli 1969; 12 Nanded 1971; 13 Osmanabad 1972; 14 Chandrapur 1972; 15 Dhule 1974; 16 Wardha 1974; 17 Yavatmal 1974; 18 Nashik 1975; 19 Buldhana 1976; 20 Ahmednagar 1976; 21 Solapur 1977; 22 Akola 1977; 23 Kolhapur 1960; 24 Bhandara 1979; 25 Thane 1982; 26 Greater Bombay Part I 1987; 27 Greater Bombay Part II 1987; 28 Greater Bombay Part III 1987); * Gazetteers (in Marathi); * Supplements; * Source Material for a History of the Freedom movement in India; * State Gazetteers (1 Botany Part - I, Medicinal Plants 1953; 2 Botany Part - II, Timbers 1957; 3 Botany Part -III, Miscellaneous Plants 1961; 4 History Part - 1, Ancient Period 1967; 5 History Part - 3, Maratha Period 1968; 6 Maharashtra:Land and its People 1968; 7 Language and Literature 1970; 8 History Part -II, Medieval Period 1972; 9 Fauna 1974; 10 Botany and Flora of Maharashtra 1987; 11 History of Bombay: Modern Period 1987); Reprints of Gazetteers [of the British regime (1874 to 1913)] ((1-3 Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island (1909) Part I-III; 4 Ratnagiri and Sawantwadi District Gazetteer (1880); 5 Khandesh District Gazetteer (1880); 6 Thana District Gazetteer Part I (1882); 7 Thana District Gazetteer Part II (1882); 8 Thana District Gazetteer Part III (1882); 9 Nashik District Gazetteer (1883); 10 Kolaba District Gazetteer (1883); 11 Satara District Gazetteer (1884); 12 Solapur District Gazetteer (1884); 13 Poona District Gazetteer Part I (1885); 14 Poona District Gazetteer Part II (1885); 15 Poona District Gazetteer Part III (1885); 16 Kolhapur District Gazetteer (1886); 17 Ahmednagar District Gazetteer (1884); # Gazetteers of Central Provinces and Berar; 1 Wardha District Gazetteer (1906); 2 Yeotmal District Gazetteer (1908); 3 Buldhana District Gazetteer (1910); 4 Akola District Gazetteer (1910); 5 Amravati District Gazetteer (1911); 6 Nagpur District Gazetteer (1908); 7 Bhandara District Gazetteer (1908); 8 Chanda District Gazetteer (1909); # Gazetteer of The NizamÕs Dominions (Marathwada Region); 1 Aurangabad District Gazetteer (1884)); * About Department.
URL http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30
Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com
31 Mar 2009
Maharashtra District and State Gazetteers
Gazetteers Department, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai, India.
Self-description:
"[This set of online Gazetteers] not only includes a comprehensive description of the physical and natural features of a region but also a broad narrative of the social, political, economic and cultural life of the people living in a district. The topics on physical features, material resources, history, customs and manners of the people, trade, agriculture, industries, communication [incl. information on historical roads and trade routes of the region - ed.], administrative departments, voluntary social organisations and places of interest in a district are covered. [...] Compilation and publication of the revised District Gazetteers edition was started in 1949."
Site contents [free access, online documents in PDF and html formats]:
* District Gazetteers (1 Aurangabad 1977; 2 Poona 1954; 3 Jalgaon 1962; 4 Ratnagiri 1962; 5 Satara 1963; 6 Kolaba 1964; 7 Nagpur 1966; 8 Parbhani 1967; 9 Amravati 1968; 10 Beed 1969; 11 Sangli 1969; 12 Nanded 1971; 13 Osmanabad 1972; 14 Chandrapur 1972; 15 Dhule 1974; 16 Wardha 1974; 17 Yavatmal 1974; 18 Nashik 1975; 19 Buldhana 1976; 20 Ahmednagar 1976; 21 Solapur 1977; 22 Akola 1977; 23 Kolhapur 1960; 24 Bhandara 1979; 25 Thane 1982; 26 Greater Bombay Part I 1987; 27 Greater Bombay Part II 1987; 28 Greater Bombay Part III 1987); * Gazetteers (in Marathi); * Supplements; * Source Material for a History of the Freedom movement in India; * State Gazetteers (1 Botany Part - I, Medicinal Plants 1953; 2 Botany Part - II, Timbers 1957; 3 Botany Part -III, Miscellaneous Plants 1961; 4 History Part - 1, Ancient Period 1967; 5 History Part - 3, Maratha Period 1968; 6 Maharashtra:Land and its People 1968; 7 Language and Literature 1970; 8 History Part -II, Medieval Period 1972; 9 Fauna 1974; 10 Botany and Flora of Maharashtra 1987; 11 History of Bombay: Modern Period 1987); Reprints of Gazetteers [of the British regime (1874 to 1913)] ((1-3 Gazetteer of Bombay City and Island (1909) Part I-III; 4 Ratnagiri and Sawantwadi District Gazetteer (1880); 5 Khandesh District Gazetteer (1880); 6 Thana District Gazetteer Part I (1882); 7 Thana District Gazetteer Part II (1882); 8 Thana District Gazetteer Part III (1882); 9 Nashik District Gazetteer (1883); 10 Kolaba District Gazetteer (1883); 11 Satara District Gazetteer (1884); 12 Solapur District Gazetteer (1884); 13 Poona District Gazetteer Part I (1885); 14 Poona District Gazetteer Part II (1885); 15 Poona District Gazetteer Part III (1885); 16 Kolhapur District Gazetteer (1886); 17 Ahmednagar District Gazetteer (1884); # Gazetteers of Central Provinces and Berar; 1 Wardha District Gazetteer (1906); 2 Yeotmal District Gazetteer (1908); 3 Buldhana District Gazetteer (1910); 4 Akola District Gazetteer (1910); 5 Amravati District Gazetteer (1911); 6 Nagpur District Gazetteer (1908); 7 Bhandara District Gazetteer (1908); 8 Chanda District Gazetteer (1909); # Gazetteer of The NizamÕs Dominions (Marathwada Region); 1 Aurangabad District Gazetteer (1884)); * About Department.
URL http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/
Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:
Government
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000
- under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30
Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com
posted by tmciolek at 12:51 PM
